“I have a passion for defending individual rights and human dignity," Boro told The Suit. His interest in criminal law started as a child. "I've never been one of those people who accepted authority easily, especially when I thought that authority was not right. I spent a lot of time in the hall," Boro quips of his boyhood days.
When he decided to open a small boutique firm, Boro was inundated with approval from other attorneys who shared his vision. "As soon as other lawyers found out, a whole bunch of people gravitated toward me. Today we have the same number of lawyers as the large firm I left," he says.
Boro Polnicky Lighter defends cases ranging from violent crime to extradition; over half of their cases involve corporate fraud. One high-profile defendant was publicized as perpetrating the largest fraud in the Canadian stock exchange's history. Boro took the case to the Supreme Court, where they won an acquittal. "It was quite a big victory," he explains, adding that the verdict set precedence and led to a change in the law.
"Canada's legal system is one of the greatest in the world," Boro says. He explains that increasingly complex cases are creating a movement toward mediation and arbitration in attempt to reduce cost and time. "The drawback is that without litigation, you lose the ability to cross-examine, which is a cornerstone of the legal system."
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